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(New Account) Owl

@empowlractual.bsky.social
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new year new account to shake off thousands of followers. MSW. Public policy, climate, water, disaster, #txlege staffer, shelter dogs, righteous fights and sheer bloody mindedness. ATX she/her ko-fi.com/empowlr

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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 8h
It is the door that has shrunk.
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Juniper Bear and the Couch Potatoes @juniperbear.bsky.social · 22h
Poppy is just wondering who put chocolate on the peanut butter pretzels. She's not mad, just curious.
A very sweet and happy dog, just asking questions.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Blanket season has arrived! (For five days)
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 16/10/2026
when it's a frigid 64 degrees outside
Tipsy the tortoiseshell kitten has taken up residence on my chest for warmth
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Is this a pigeon? 🎃
Black goat wearing blue butterfly wings on her head
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Oh noooo
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Yellow and blue DUCKIE pajamas
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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 16/10/2026
timeline cleanse my son’s pups in their PJs
A pinto-coat pitty mix  and a brown and tan terrier mix in yellow and blue-green PJs — looking up at the camera
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Definitely owls and RIP my ears next time I use my phone for music or whatnot because I had to crank the sound to hear anything.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Your body is fending off the scurvy. I myself ran out of apples today and also did not have one.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Cyclamen.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/10/2026
this has been a two enchanted forests kind of day, which is what visiting Abruzzo is like I guess. at the Gorges of Sagittarius Riserva Naturale near Anversa. (What are these little purple flowers?)
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I am 100% here for ancient tree content.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/10/2026
Abruzzo has genuine old growth beech forests - they’re UNESCO world heritage sites. It’s one of a very few places in Europe that hasn’t changed a ton in that regard - the megafauna species are still around or reintroduced too (wolves, bears, etc). whc.unesco.org/en/list/1133
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Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
This transnational property includes 93 component parts in 18 countries. Since the end of the last Ice Age, European Beech spread from a few isolated refuge areas in the Alps, Carpathians, Dinarides, ...
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/10/2026
This carved stone translates into something like “who couldn’t be happy when they see this tree,” which, yeah
carved stone about being happy about treeescarved stone about being happy about trees
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/10/2026
I’ve never been anywhere with as many obviously enchanted forests as Abruzzo. This is a 600 year old beech tree (and it’s also very old companion) somewhere between Barrea and Scanno.
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Evan @evan7257.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Elect Jon Rosenthal, the oil and gas expert, over the cowardly bigot Bo French. www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endo...
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Rosenthal remains the obvious choice for Texas Railroad Commission | Endorsement
Key Republicans have instructed voters to reject their own party's nominee for railroad commissioner. Now Texas voters need to finish the job, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I am quite perplexed.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
It's going to be cooler this weekend.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Timeline cleanse: please enjoy this picture of a very fierce predator subduing her cunning prey.
A black and white dog with black eyespots is lying down with a fuzzy white rabbit-shaped dog toy pinned under her paws. She looks pretty smug
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
EVERYTHING IS A SLOG AND ITS OKAY NOT TO BE ENGAGED AND HAPPY ALL THE TIME.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Eat something. Drink some water. Stretch.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 14/10/2026
two days after my covid and flu shots, i'm feeling pretty normal. not bad! get your shots asap, friends, before flu season hits!
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Also people already have flu
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
two Washington men walking behind me: man #1: you don’t think Susan Collins is really in trouble do you? *both chuckle nervously*
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan says Republicans are losing in part because they've spent so much time focusing on anti-trans ads. Swing voters "don’t even know what you’re talking about. This never happened in their communities." Full interview: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
DP: We’re still running transgender ads. It’s just not resonating. $100 million in ads, $125 million in ads, and nothing’s moved the needle here in Texas in a month in the Senate race. Let’s be honest. The 8 to 10 percent of voters in the middle who are going to decide this election, when they hear stuff about boys in girls’ sports, they don’t even know what you’re talking about. This never happened in their communities, and they’ve been hearing about it for so many years, and so many other people have been accused of it. What Republicans are talking about is just not what the swing voter is really interested in.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
You have a cat.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I think we can safely agree it is not good
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 13/10/2026
[Scrungly tuxedo kitten framed by autumn leaves against a teal sky. Text: "YOU FOUND THE AUTUMNAL SCRIMPUS", "PASS HIM ALONG FOR A SEASON OF GOOD LUCK".]
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I'm so sorry for your loss.
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Lynne Kelly 🐘🐳🐣🐙 @lynnekelly.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Please enjoy this artwork on the walls of my doctor’s office
Framed mutant teddy bear made by a kid. The bear has 3 green eyes & is missing a leg. The handwritten sign under the bear invludes the title”The Bear Who Stepped in Radioactive Goo” & the artist’s name, Andrew KanaanFramed collage of a kid’s artwork entitled “snowman in theadow.” The background is green paper & has a collage image that includes a colorful snowman Framed artwork illustrated by a kid, with apples on a blue plate & on the grass, along with a wine glass. This masterpiece is called “the mad apples”
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Don't mind me, pinning Andrea Gibson's poetry above my desk.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is what I get for spending time with puppies.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Alas, alack, I forgot it's trash night.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The little tail wag!
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
They have both called and texted me this evening despite being asked to take me off their call list and repeatedly texting stop. I know it's important but there are lots of people doing nothing and I am not one of them.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Soon I'm going to have to tell the Texas Democrats that no means no.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I'm not convinced you're allowed to leave. It seems heavenly.
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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 13/10/2026
the mon(k)ey shot. he ended up right over my head. It felt like he was initially annoyed at my presence, but that he was curious. I’m not kidding when I say I feel like we had a connection. I’ve never had an encounter like this in the wild, on my own, mono a mono. (not sorry)
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Tell the orcas!
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Do you do a lot of yachting in Montana?
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Getting flu and COVID shots 💪🏻 Being a responsible adult rocks
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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I see this periodically, even from well-meaning men: Men will do x or say y, and then want the women in their lives to validate them. No, this is a you thing. This is a you journey. Had a bit of a run-in about this over the weekend + had to draw a boundary, and honestly, reminded me to say this.
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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is a random thought, but one that I think is important given the ongoing discourse around the Cornell case and the state of our country: Men, it's genuinely really important you don't put the burden of learning how to be better friends, partners and allies to women ON women.
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Joseph Galbo @josephgalbo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
General reminder you never have to carry water for any industry, but especially not large industries that are already paying fancy lawyers with big houses and nice cars to carry water in gilded buckets.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"What kind of salad do you call THIS?!"
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
(He literally did hiss at me when I put this on him)
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Boooooooo 🎃 hissssss
Unimpressed tortoise in a ghost costume
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
And your arms, I'll wager.
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(New Account) Owl @empowlractual.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Wings are very expensive now, you'd think they were adjusting their menus.
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